*spurjaną

Runic: ᛊᛈᚢᚱᛃᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈspur.jɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Weak class 1

Meanings

  1. to feel, touch
  2. to study; to search; to examine
  3. to ask

Etymology

From *spurą (‘track’) + *-janą.

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularspurjōspurjaų–
2nd singularspurisispurjaisspuri
3rd singularspuriþispurjaispurjaþau
1st dualspurjōsspurjaiw–
2nd dualspurjaþizspurjaiþizspurjaþiz
1st pluralspurjamazspurjaim–
2nd pluralspuriþspurjaiþspuriþ
3rd pluralspurjanþispurjainspurjanþau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularspurjai–
2nd singularspurjasaispurjaisau
3rd singularspurjaþaispurjaiþau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluralspurjanþaispurjainþau
2nd pluralspurjanþaispurjainþau
3rd pluralspurjanþaispurjainþau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularspuridǭspuridēdį̄
2nd singularspuridēzspuridēdīz
3rd singularspuridēspuridēdī
1st dualspuridēdūspuridēdīw
2nd dualspuridēdudizspuridēdīdiz
1st pluralspuridēdumspuridēdīm
2nd pluralspuridēdudspuridēdīd
3rd pluralspuridēdunspuridēdīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
spurjaną spurjandz spuridaz

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Descendants

  • *spurjan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • spera (Old Frisian)
  • *spurjan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *spurien, *spuren (Old Dutch)
      • spueren, spōren (Middle Dutch)
        • speuren (Dutch)
          • speur (Afrikaans)
          • speure, speurje (West Frisian)
  • *spurjan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • spyrian, spirian (Old English)
      • spuren, spiren, speren (Middle English)
        • speer, spear, sper, spere, speir, spire, spyrr (English)
        • speir (Scots)
  • *spurjan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • spurian, spurien, spurren (Old High German)
      • spüren, spürn (Middle High German)
        • gespüre (Alemannic German)
        • spüren (German)
        • spieren (Luxembourgish)
        • שפּירן (shpirn) (Yiddish)
  • spyrja (Old Norse)
    • spyrja (Faroese)
    • spyrja (Icelandic)
    • spyrja, spørja, spurja, spær, spår (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • spyrja (Old Norse)
    • spyriæ, spørghe, spøriæ (Old Danish)
      • spørge (Danish)
        • spørre (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • spyrja (Old Norse)
    • spyria (Old Swedish)
      • spörja (Swedish)

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